No computers in the times this song was written folks!!!Watin on the line meant phone most likely although it might have been a drug reference...Billy ruled in the 70's and 80's!!
While that could be true, "waiting on line" in the seventies generally meant waiting in line for a movie, concert, etc... I'm not sure when or why the phrase changed from waiting "on line" to "in line", (probably had something to do with confusion of "online" as in the internet...), but, that's an other possible explanation. Sorry about the long post, by the way... xD
While that could be true, "waiting on line" in the seventies generally meant waiting in line for a movie, concert, etc... I'm not sure when or why the phrase changed from waiting "on line" to "in line", (probably had something to do with confusion of "online" as in the internet...), but, that's an other possible explanation. Sorry about the long post, by the way... xD
@crombiegirl00 Computers have been around since 1822 and the first modern computer was invented in 1943. The first "modern personal computer" (what we think of as a computer) was invented the same year this album was released: 1981.
@crombiegirl00 Computers have been around since 1822 and the first modern computer was invented in 1943. The first "modern personal computer" (what we think of as a computer) was invented the same year this album was released: 1981.
No computers in the times this song was written folks!!!Watin on the line meant phone most likely although it might have been a drug reference...Billy ruled in the 70's and 80's!!
While that could be true, "waiting on line" in the seventies generally meant waiting in line for a movie, concert, etc... I'm not sure when or why the phrase changed from waiting "on line" to "in line", (probably had something to do with confusion of "online" as in the internet...), but, that's an other possible explanation. Sorry about the long post, by the way... xD
While that could be true, "waiting on line" in the seventies generally meant waiting in line for a movie, concert, etc... I'm not sure when or why the phrase changed from waiting "on line" to "in line", (probably had something to do with confusion of "online" as in the internet...), but, that's an other possible explanation. Sorry about the long post, by the way... xD
@crombiegirl00 Computers have been around since 1822 and the first modern computer was invented in 1943. The first "modern personal computer" (what we think of as a computer) was invented the same year this album was released: 1981.
@crombiegirl00 Computers have been around since 1822 and the first modern computer was invented in 1943. The first "modern personal computer" (what we think of as a computer) was invented the same year this album was released: 1981.